By Kajetan Kwiatkowski Image by Sergey Chirkov Will left his ground floor apartment and breathed in the rotten air. Two years ago, he would’ve thrown up on the spot, it had been impossible to stomach the indescribable sewer… Continue Reading
By Dustin Engstrom Image by Peshkova “I hate to tell you,” said Dr. Clay, “but I don’t think you’re a real person.” “I’m sorry?” said the patient. She sat on a paper-lined exam table facing the doctor, who… Continue Reading
By Enoch Daniel Image By MrVander The beer tasted just like a first beer should on an August afternoon. The thermometer outside the kitchen window read ninety-six. Jeff stared at the walls of his crummy, little house. He… Continue Reading
By Keith ‘Doc’ Raymond Image by Pavel Chagochkin “Where there is light, there must be shadow, where there is shadow, there must be light. There is no shadow without light and no light without shadow…” Haruki Murakami, 1Q84.… Continue Reading
By C. Winspear Image by Nataliya Turpitko You feel no body, no pincers, no beard, no big blue belly, only anger. Senator Nguyen is an old hag who believes there isn’t space for you, reality is full, and… Continue Reading
By K.A. Liedel Image by Bruce Rolff “I wanted to open this intake meeting with a little story about the gulag,” Jerry says. Because of course he does. Jerry is the kind of guy who’s intellectually curious enough… Continue Reading
By Bob DeRosa Image from Pixabay, user TheDigitalArtist We had the resort to ourselves for as long as I could remember until the beady-eyed bald man showed up and ruined everything. Before then, it was just Meg and… Continue Reading
By Lorna D. Keach Image by Vegorus One night at 3am, when she’s already been up for hours hunting through found footage videos, Dennie finds the birthday party: title 08/25/84, username nostalgiamachine. Three minutes of a handful of… Continue Reading
By Víctor Parra Avellaneda Image by krissch Eating became frowned upon between us, me and my sisters. It was like slowly killing my father. When we were able to get the million dollars and… Continue Reading
By Ralph Benton Image by Tithi Luadthong We were a day off the aqua de muerte when we saw the bodies. Two of them, in purple and green. The reclaimers guild. Probably Czech migrants from the human churn,… Continue Reading